We performed a comparison between Big Switch Networks and Meraki SD-WAN based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Juniper, Aviatrix and others in Software Defined Networking (SDN)."What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."
"I appreciate the cloud-based management feature the most. It's a crucial aspect for me because it allows me to manage the configuration remotely without having to visit the on-premise location. The ability to do this from my home is a major benefit. Additionally, security is good."
"The most valuable feature of Meraki SD-WAN is the Auto VPN."
"The management system is one of the best available."
"The solution is a whole vertical solution, so it doesn't need any other components in order to provide basic features."
"The tool is easy to use."
"SD-WAN is a complete enterprise solution for securing traffic."
"We have found the scalability to be good."
"This is a high availability solution that is easy to configure and has a nice GUI."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"Technical support could be more knowledgeable and responsive."
"The security and upgrading could improve in this solution."
"Overall, we are satisfied with the support, although I cannot state this unequivocally."
"The deployment time of Meraki SD-WAN can vary. For someone new to the process, it could take a couple of hours. However, for someone with hands-on experience, such as myself, it only takes approximately two to three hours to set up the entire configuration."
"An area for improvement would be to add 4G bonding and allow Meraki devices to support dual 4G SIM cards."
"The only area for improvement in Meraki SD-WAN is its licensing model, as well as its cost structure."
"There could be more options for integration between other devices — sort of being able to more easily make everything integrated in one solution."
"From the vice perspective, they just are not as robust as some of the other vendors. They have limitations in throughput and the number of circuits that they can support on a wide area network. Their higher-end security is all cloud-based. They have some capability with the premise-based solutions, but the higher ends are all cloud-based, and that's via Cisco Umbrella."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 5th in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 1 review while Meraki SD-WAN is ranked 1st in Software Defined Networking (SDN) with 61 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Meraki SD-WAN is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Meraki SD-WAN writes "Very stable security, great service, and the best for VPN management". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Ixia Network Packet Brokers, Cisco SD-WAN, APCON and VMware NSX, whereas Meraki SD-WAN is most compared with Cisco SD-WAN, VMware SD-WAN, Omada Cloud SDN, Cradlepoint NetCloud and Prisma SD-WAN.
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